Adjágas

Adjágas biography

Adjágas, from Sápmi, Norway are Sámi joikers, Lawra Somby and Sara Marielle Gaup with a band of musicians. The group's name Adjágas is a Sámi word describing the mental state experienced between waking and sleeping.

Adjágas was scheduled to open the 2005 Glastonbury Festival Pyramid Stage, but due to a flooding incident that caused electrical problems, their set was cancelled. However, they returned in 2007 to open the Pyramid Stage.

Discography

  • Adjágas (2005)
  • Mánu Rávdnji (2009)

Line-up

  • Lawra Somby (vocals/yoik)
  • Sara Marielle Gaup (vocals/yoik)
  • Espen Elverum Jakobsen (guitar)
  • í…smund Wilter Eriksson (bass)
  • Aleksander Kostopoulos (drums/percussion)
  • Petter Marius Gundersen (horns/banjo)

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